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Coroner's Office seeks help identifying body pulled from river

The Chatham County Coroner's Office is seeking the public's help identifying a body pulled in late October from the Savannah River.

Savannah-Chatham police responded to a report of a man attempting to drown himself after entering the water near the Savannah Riverfront Marriott on Oct. 25, 2010, said Gena Moore, metro police spokeswoman.

Three months later, said Deputy Coroner Sarah Smith, the man has not been identified.

"He was nicely dressed and did not appear to be homeless," Smith said. "Somebody's got to be missing him."

Smith described the body as a 6-foot-2, 185-pound white male appearing to be in his 50s or 60s.

He had grey hair and a well-groomed mustache and was wearing a long sleeve blue button-up shirt, khaki pants and white athletic-style shoes.

"H. Wright," was written on the inside of the shoes, Smith said, possibly indicating the man was a patient at an assisted living center or a similar institution.

The man was wearing a wristwatch and had a handkerchief in his pocket.

Smith believes the man had recently received medical attention for an injury to his lower, left leg that was covered with a bandage.

Anyone with information on the identity of the body is asked to call the Chatham County Coroner's Office at 912-355-0257.